Hudson man gets 2½ years in fatal crash that killed N. Grafton woman

A Hudson man charged with vehicular homicide in the death of a North Grafton woman in 2012 was sentenced to 2½ years in the House of Correction this week.

Steven Cabral, 27, of 23 Warner St., Hudson, was credited for 39 days he has served in jail when he was sentenced in Westboro District Court Thursday. He will also lose his driver's license for 15 years.

Mr. Cabral was involved in a two-car crash on Route 20 at the intersection of Grafton Street on Dec. 8, 2012. Elaine D. Barber of 25 Snow Road, North Grafton, died as a result of the crash.

Police determined that Mr. Cabral failed to stop his vehicle at a traffic light before striking Ms. Barber's vehicle on the driver's side. Investigators also said his car was speeding and that cocaine was present in his urine in a test performed at the hospital immediately after the crash.

Mr. Cabral "confessed to using cocaine on the day the crash occurred. He also confessed to being unfamiliar with the road, lost, angry and taking his eyes off the road just prior to the crash," police wrote in their report.